Metallic folding bed.



PATENTED MAY 10, 1904.

Gr. A. MELLON. METALLIC FOLDING BED.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3. 1904.

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UNITED STATES GEORGE A. MELLON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO PETER MELLON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

Patented May 10,1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

METALLIC FOLDING BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,538, dated May 10, 1904.

Application filed February 8, 1904. Serial No. 192,632. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. MnLLoN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Folding Beds, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying' drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a bedstead having a bed-bottom designed to be lowered into hori- Zontal position and raised into upright folded position, the present invention being' in the nature of an improvement on the bedstead shown in Letters Patent No. 537 ,424, issued April 9, 1895, to Peter I-I. Mellon, and referring more particularly to the counterbalanceweights by which the bed-bottom is upheld in its folded position and means by'which the head-piece connected to said weights is guided.

Theinvention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a perspective view of the head portion of my bed. Fig. II is an enlarged perspective view of one of the counterloalanceweights. Fig. III is an enlarged section taken through one of the counterbalance-weights and illustrating the means for attaching' it to the head-rail of the bed-bottom. Fig. IV is a detail view of the bosses on the lower end of the web.

1 designates the head-posts of the bed, which are united by an upper tie-rod 2 and a lower tie-rod 8. The head-posts are provided with legs 4, united by a Vconnecting-rod 5.

6 designates brace-legs extending forward ly from the head-post legs and united to each other by a connecting-rod 7 and to the headpost legs by connecting-rods 8.

9 designates guide-rods having their upper ends secured to the head-posts 1 and their lower ends secured to the lower tie-rod 3, so thatu they are spaced apart from the headposts.' By connecting these guide-rods to the head-posts and tie-rod in the manner stated I provide the greateststability for them, so that they are well braced and add to the strength of the head portion of the bed.

the bed-bottom is raised and lowered.

10 designates a skeleton head-piece that has at its upper end a cross-rod 11, provided at its ends with forks 12, that are slidably iitted to the guide-rods 9. At the lower end of the head-piece is a cross-rod 13, that has projecting ends 14.

15 designates the side rails of the bed-bottom, which are swingingly united to the bracelegs 6 by swivels 16, located remote from the head ends of said rails.

17 is the head-rail of the bed-bottom, which is of angle-iron and has a forwardly-projecting horizontal iiange 18 and a downwardlyprojecting vertical flange 19.

2O and 20 designate, respectively, two outer and an intermediate counterbalance-weight secured to the head-rail 17 to move therewith when the bed-bottom is raised and lowered. Each 0f the outer weights 2O is provided with an apertured ear 21, that receives one of the ends 14 of the lower head-piece cross-rod 14, so that the weights will swivel on said rod. Each of the weights 2O and 20 is furnished at the forward side with a notch 22, that receives the bed-bottom head-rail, thereby providing a lower rear portion 23, that extends downwardly from the top of the head-rail against its vertical iiange 19. At the center of each of the counterbalarme-weights at its rear side is a pocket 24, between which and the opposite side of the weight is a web 25, that is provided with a vertical slot 26.

27 designates rivets that are seated in the vertical flange of the head-rail 17, which prol' ject rearwardly from said flange, as seen in Fig. III. On the rivets are washers 29, that occupy positions in the pockets 24.

28 designates bosses projecting from the lower end of the web 25, as seen in Figs. II to IV, inclusive, and which face forwardly from said web. These bosses are designed to engage beneath the lower edge of the vertical cross-rail flange 19 when the eounterbalanceweights are in position on the cross-rail and in which position they serve to hold the weights from accidental displacement when g It will be seen that the weights may be readily applied by inclining their upper portions slightly forward in mounting them upon the head-rail and passing the legs 23, with their webs 25, downwardly, so that the rivets 27 will enter the slots 26, and when the weights are entirely lowered and seated the bosses 28 will engage the head-rail flange, as stated, to hold the weights in place. Then the bed-bottom is moved into unfolded and folded positions, the counterbalance-weights travel therewith, and the head-piece connected to the weights 2O is caused to partake of a shifting movement in an upwardly and downwardly direction, as indicated by dotted lines, Fig. I, during which the forks l2 ride in engagement with the guiderods 9.

I claim as my inventioni 1. In a folding bed, the combination with head-posts' and brace-legs, of a hed-bottom swiveled to said brace-legs and having an angle-shaped head-rail, counterbalance-weights mounted on said headerail, webs at the lower ends of said weights, and rivets passing through said head-rail and webs to secure the weights to said rail, substantially as set forth.

2. In a bed, the combination with head-posts and brace-legs extending therefrom, of a bedbottom swiveled to said brace-legs', an angleshaped head-rail forming a part of said bedbottom, and having horizontal and vertical flanges; notched counterbalance-weights resting on the horizontal flange of said head-rail and having legs bearing against the vertical flange of the rail, slotted webs in said Weightlegs and rivets located in the head-rail vertical iiange and passing through the slots in the weight-webs, substantially as set forth.

3. In a folding' bed, the combination with a bedbottom having a head-rail, of rivets in said head-rail, notched counterbalance-weights seated on said head-rail and having their lower ends arranged to straddle said rivets, and bosses projecting from said weights at their lower ends arranged to engage the lower edge of said head-rail, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at the city of St. Louis, Missouri, this ith day of February, 1904.

GEO. A. MELLON.

In presence of- NELLIE V. ALEXANDER, E. S. KNIGHT. 

